UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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23 February 1950		49,989/59,711	83.72
Geoffrey Paul Stevens	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,477	58.97
Percy Knight	Labour Party	17,691	35.39
Albert Edward Jones	Liberal Party	2,821	5.64
Majority		11,786	23.58

25 October 1951		50,349/61,641	81.68
Geoffrey Paul Stevens	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,702	62.96
John O'Neill Ryan	Labour Party	18,647	37.04
Majority		13,055	25.93

Minor Boundary Change
26 May 1955		49,873/68,299	73.02
Geoffrey Paul Stevens	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,014	64.19
Stanley Clinton Davis	Labour Party	17,859	35.81
Majority		14,155	28.38

8 October 1959		59,387/79,885	74.34
Geoffrey Paul Stevens	Conservative & Unionist Party	38,834	65.39
Douglas George Reynolds	Labour Party	20,553	34.61
Majority		18,281	30.78

Minor Boundary Change
15 October 1964		68,785/91,491	75.18
Ian Stewart Lloyd	Conservative & Unionist Party	33,208	48.28
Terence Albert Molloy	Labour Party	23,365	33.97
Gustave Rex Collings	Liberal Party	12,212	17.75
Majority		9,843	14.31

31 March 1966		71,183/96,166	74.02
Ian Stewart Lloyd	Conservative & Unionist Party	34,446	48.39
Terence Albert Molloy	Labour Party	26,197	36.80
David Julian Hardy Griffiths	Liberal Party	10,540	14.81
Majority		8,249	11.59

18 June 1970		80,451/112,593	71.45
Ian Stewart Lloyd	Conservative & Unionist Party	43,733	54.36
Roger Ronald Kenward	Labour and Co-operative Party	26,492	32.93
Roger Hilary Anstey	Liberal Party	10,226	12.71
Majority		17,241	21.43